38. The Régie may, if it considers such action necessary to ensure the efficient carrying out of a plan or by-law, entrust any person or body it designates with the carrying out of the plan or by-law or any provision thereof and, if need be, replace that person or body.
The Régie shall give prior notice, in a farm journal having general circulation, of the date and place where the observations of the persons subject to the plan or by-law are to be made.
In an emergency or to avoid irreparable harm, the Régie may designate the person or body mentioned in the first paragraph by an interim decision which it shall make public in any manner it considers appropriate. The Régie shall, as soon as possible, receive the observations of the persons to whom the plan or by-law applies, in a public sitting, before confirming, modifying or cancelling the appointment.
The person or body designated by the Régie shall succeed by operation of law to the marketing board until then responsible for the administration of the plan or enforcement of the by-law and shall have all the powers, duties and prerogatives of that board.
1990, c. 13, s. 38; 1997, c. 43, s. 373; 1999, c. 50, s. 9.